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it's the infamous "three week stall". Almost all of us experience that. In fact, if you do a search on this site of the three week stall, you will find about 17,000 posts on it (and no, I am NOT kidding!). Just stick to your program and stay off the scale for a few days. It'll break and you'll be on your way again. It usually last a week or two - but for a few people (a minority) it last for three. And just so you're prepared, you're likely to hit a few of these on your journey. It's a common part of weight loss...

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When I had surgery in mid-January, I had about 80 lbs of excess weight going by my height - I’m 5 ft 5.5 inches which I round up to 5 6, so 155 would put me at a normal BMI. (I had lost 70 lbs on my own pre-surgery). By 6 months, I had lost all of that plus another 5 lbs. Again, these are averages - you can lose a lot more than that or lose a lot less. Stick to the eating plan and exercise and you’ll be fine.

Woe! U look amazing! Great job! I can only hope to lose that much. It's been slow going. Sent from my LM-Q720 using BariatricPal mobile app

Very, very common and you’ll likely experience at least another one while you’re losing. Think of them as your body taking a breath from all the changes & stress - surgery, reduced caloric intake, change of diet, change of activity levels, etc. Just like when you sometimes need to close your door & take time away for yourself in times of stress so does your body. Some say increase your calories &/or your exercise. I never changed a thing & stuck to my plan - why make more changes to stress my body more. The stall always broke. Yours will too.

AMAZING! Congratulations!

Congratulations! That's awesome!

Congratulations!

Oh ok. Also keep in mind, or at least this was true for me, I was told not to worry too much in the first few weeks about getting the entire amount of protein or even water in. My surgeon, and the paperwork the dietician provided, said that many times it's hard to meet those goals in the beginning weeks but that was ok. I imagine once you move on to puree, or whatever comes next for you, that you will easily be able to get your protein from other sources aside from the powder/liquid protein drinks if those are truly an issue for you.

I'm 13 months out from surgery and my calorie intake varies wildly, anywhere from 1100 to 2000 calories per day, with the vast majority of days in the 1300 to 1600 range. I'm still losing weight though, hit my lowest weight in 35 years this morning.